Just like the music business, boxing has had its fair share of one-hit wonders. George Kambosos Jr. aims to avoid having his name join the list of those who have won a world title only to quickly lose it and fall from grace, when he faces Vasiliy Lomachenko for the vacant IBF lightweight title in Perth, Australia, on Sunday morning (Saturday, 10 p.m. ET in the U.S., ESPN /ESPN+).
For some, becoming champion is the beginning of the end as they lose the belt in a first defense and their careers then nosedive. But it is too soon to put Kambosos, 30, of Sydney, in that ignominious category just yet.
Kambosos (21-2, 10 KOs) silenced Teofimo Lopez‘s home crowd in New York when he won a split decision to claim three lightweight world titles in November 2021. Just…
